Christian Fantasy: From 1200 to the PresentThis is the first account of invented stories involving the Christian supernatural. In their development a central concern is found to be the fantasy-making human imagination itself, at first seen as a obstacle to Christian purpose, but more recently given freer rein. |
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This is even true of the labelled figures themselves . The figure of Despair may seem obvious enough , but it is not till we have seen the full articulation and subtlety of his temptation of Redcrosse to make away with himself that we ...
This is even true of the labelled figures themselves . The figure of Despair may seem obvious enough , but it is not till we have seen the full articulation and subtlety of his temptation of Redcrosse to make away with himself that we ...
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The Bible speaks of the Seven Deadly Sins , of the wiles of the devil , of sojourn in the wilderness and so forth ; but at no time is there so consistent an adherence to scriptural fact as in the last cantos , where the figures of Una's ...
The Bible speaks of the Seven Deadly Sins , of the wiles of the devil , of sojourn in the wilderness and so forth ; but at no time is there so consistent an adherence to scriptural fact as in the last cantos , where the figures of Una's ...
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Within Harthover House Tom is to have his first sight of Christ , and of himself ; and within the labyrinth of its chimneys , which might figure the unconscious mind , he loses himself and eventually emerges in the bedroom of little ...
Within Harthover House Tom is to have his first sight of Christ , and of himself ; and within the labyrinth of its chimneys , which might figure the unconscious mind , he loses himself and eventually emerges in the bedroom of little ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The French Queste del Saint Graal 122 | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Christian Fantasy: From 1200 to the Present |
| Author | Colin Nicholas Manlove |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0333558901, 9780333558904 |
| Length | 356 pages |
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